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Deep Research Mode

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a Chinese-language deep-research workflow that is transparent about heavy multi-agent use, with the main user risk being time and token cost rather than harmful behavior.

Install only if you intentionally want a long, costly deep-research workflow. Before using it, specify the research question, maximum agents, maximum duration, model budget, and preferred language; avoid invoking it for ordinary quick research tasks.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (4)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The metadata exposes this as user-invocable while the description does not warn that it may switch to a stronger model, run for 4-72 hours, and consume substantial tokens. That omission undermines informed consent and increases the chance that users trigger an expensive long-running operation unintentionally.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The trigger phrases are broad enough to match ordinary research requests, which can cause the high-cost deep-research workflow to activate unexpectedly. In this skill, accidental invocation is more dangerous because the documented behavior includes switching to a stronger model, spawning 10-50 agents, and running for hours, creating cost and resource-exhaustion risk without clear user intent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Skill Enumeration

Medium
Category
Agent Snooping
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 350)May include surrounding context.

md
## 📚 相关文件

### 技能文档
- `skills/deep-research-mode/SKILL.md` - 本技能文档

### 工具脚本
- `tools/deep_research_orchestrator.py` - 多智能体协调器

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
78% confidence
Finding

The natural-language instructions, examples, and interaction patterns are entirely in Chinese, with no indication that users may choose another language. Under the policy, forcing a specific language without opt-in is a natural-language policy concern unless the locale restriction is explicitly documented and justified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.